Samsung Galaxy S8 vs Samsung Galaxy A35 Comparison and Differences

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Samsung Galaxy S8

Samsung Galaxy S8

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Samsung Galaxy A35

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Samsung Galaxy S8 or Samsung Galaxy A35 Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model Samsung Galaxy S8 Samsung Galaxy A35
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Release date 2017, March 2024, March 11
Dimensions (HxWxD) 148.9 x 68.1 x 8 mm | 5.86 x 5.86 x 2.68 in 161.7 x 78 x 8.2 mm | 6.37 x 6.37 x 3.07 in
Weight 155 g | 5.47 oz 209 g | 7.37 oz
Body Build Front/back glass (Gorilla Glass 5), aluminum frame Glass front (Gorilla Glass Victus+), plastic frame, glass back
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Colors Midnight Black, Orchid Gray, Arctic Silver, Coral Blue, Maple Gold, Rose Pink, Burgundy Red Iceblue, Lilac, Navy
Battery 3000 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion 5000 mAh, Li-Ion, non-removable
Battery life Talking time - Up to 20 h (3G)
Music play - Up to 67 h
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Screen

Technology Super AMOLED Super AMOLED
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 5.8" in 6.6" in
Screen area 84.8 cm2 106.9 cm2
Screen format 18.5:9 (height:width) 19.5:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 83.6% 84.8%
Screen resolution 1440 x 2960 px 1080 x 2340 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 570 PPI 390 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 5 Corning Gorilla Glass Victus+
Other specs - HDR10
-3D Touch (home button only)
-Always-on display
- 120Hz, 1000 nits (HBM)
-Always-on display
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 12 MP, Single 50 MP, Triple
Camera specs -12 MP, f/1.7, 26mm (wide), 1/2.55'', 1.4µm, OIS, dual pixel PDAF -50 MP, f/1.8, (wide), 1/1.96", PDAF, OIS
-8 MP, f/2.2, 123˚, (ultrawide), 1/4.0", 1.12µm
-5 MP, f/2.4, (macro)
Functions LED flash, auto-HDR, panorama LED flash, panorama, HDR
Video 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@240fps, HDR, dual-video rec. 4K@30fps, 1080p@30/60fps, gyro-EIS
Front camera, selfie 8 MP, Single 13 MP, Single
Specifications 8 MP, f/1.7, 25mm (wide), 1/3.6'', 1.22µm, AF 13 MP, f/2.2, (wide), 1/3.06", 1.12µm
Functions Dual video call, Auto-HDR
Video 1440p@30fps 4K@30fps, 1080p@30fps
DxOMark Selfie Score 73
DxOMark Photo 71
DxOMark Video 75

Performance

Operating system - OS Android 7.0 (Nougat), upgradable to Android 8.0 (Oreo) Android 14, One UI 6.1
Chipset - Exynos 8895 Octa (10 nm)
- Qualcomm MSM8998 Snapdragon 835 (10 nm) - USA & China
- Exynos 1380 (5 nm)
CPU - Octa-core (4x2.3 GHz Mongoose M2 & 4x1.7 GHz Cortex-A53) - EMEA
-Octa-core (4x2.35 GHz Kryo & 4x1.9 GHz Kryo) - USA & China
- Octa-core (4x2.4 GHz Cortex-A78 & 4x2.0 GHz Cortex-A55)
GPU Mali-G71 MP20 - EMEA
Adreno 540 - USA & China
Mali-G68 MP5
External memory microSD, up to 512 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) - dual SIM model only microSDXC (uses shared SIM slot)
Internal memory 64 GB, 4 GB RAM 128GB 6GB RAM, 128GB 8GB RAM, 256GB 8GB RAM, 256GB 12GB RAM

Benchmark

Antutu 10 Total 587481
Antutu 10 CPU 191502
Antutu 10 GPU 166953
Antutu 10 Mem 93544
Antutu 10 UX 191502
Antutu 8 Total 231907
Antutu 7 Total
GeekBench 6 Single Core 361 1017
GeekBench 6 Multi Core 1243 2988
GeekBench 6 OpenCL 1255
GeekBench 6 Vulkan 531
GeekBench 5 Single Core 340
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 1454
GeekBench 4 Single Core 1763
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 6028
GeekBench 4 RenderScript 8798
GeekBench 4 Battery 3410

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Single SIM (Nano-SIM)Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) Nano-SIM, eSIM or Hybrid SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
Network GSM / HSPA / LTE GSM / HSPA / LTE / 5G
Bands -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 13(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 28(700), 32(1500), 66(1700/2100), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500)
-2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
-4G - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 20, 25, 26, 28, 32, 38, 40, 41, 66
-5G - 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 26, 28, 40, 41, 66, 77, 78 SA/NSA/Sub6
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (5CA) Cat16 1024/150 Mbps HSPA, LTE, 5G
GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO GPS, GALILEO, GLONASS, BDS, QZSS
NFC Yes Yes (market/region dependent)
USB 3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector USB Type-C 2.0, OTG
Bluetooth 5.0, A2DP, LE, aptX 5.3, A2DP, LE
Harmful irradiation SAR - 0.44 W/kg (head)     0.75 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU - 0.32 W/kg (head)     1.27 W/kg (body)    
SAR - 0.81 W/kg (head)    
SAR EU - 0.44 W/kg (head)     0.92 W/kg (body)    

Music and Audio

Radio No No
Headphone jack Yes No
Others - 32-bit/384kHz audio
-Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic

Other features

Sensors - Iris scanner, fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, heart rate, SpO2 - Fingerprint (under display, optical), accelerometer, gyro, compass, proximity
Other extras
- Samsung DeX (desktop experience support)
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-ANT+
-Bixby natural language commands and dictation
- Fast battery charging (Quick Charge 2.0)
-Qi/PMA wireless charging (market dependent)
- Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified)
-IP68 dust/water proof (up to 1.5m for 30 mins)

- 25W Fast charging
- IP67 dust/water resistant (up to 1m for 30 min)
Versions
- Versions: G950F (Europe, Global Single-SIM); G950FD (Global Dual-SIM); G950U (USA Unlocked); G950A (AT&T); G950P (Sprint); G950T (T-Mobile); G950V (Verizon); G950R4 (US Cellular); G950W (Canada); G950

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